Method and means for making upholstered furniture



July 31, 1923- 3,463,334 D. POPKIN METHOD AND MEANS FOR MAKING UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Filed Aug. 25. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet l fizz/enfor- A $2 m July 31, 1923- EAGSBS -PT D. POPKIN METHOD AND MEANS FOR MAKING UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Filed Aug. 23. 1922 s Sheets-Shet 2 July 31, 1923- 3,463,334

. D. POPKIN METHOD AND MEANS FOR MAKING UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Filed Aug. 23. 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet? Patented July 31, 1923..

1,463,334 PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID POIPKIN, OF MAL DEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

METHOD MEANS FOR MAKING UPHOLSTIERED FURNITURE.

Application filed August as, 1922. Serial No. 583,786.

To all it may concern:

Be it known that I, D'AVID PoPKIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of.

Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Method and Means for Making Upholstered Furniture, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying three sheets of drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to upholstered furniture, and has for its object to provide a simple method and means for manufacturin furniture which incorporates the soca led winged feature in the design thereof.

It is a known fact in the furniture manufacturing trade that the u bolstering item is a costly one, particular y in the manufacture of the so-called upholstered parlor or sittin -room suits and comfort and lounging chairs, especially in connection with such furniture bearing on the so-called winged designs. Said designs complicate the upholstering work because of the peculiar construction features which are 1nvolved therein. The heretofore and pres ently employed method and means for producing the winged feature in upholstered furniture require the piecing, fitting, and tacking of separate cover pieces for the wings and for the adjacent and associated parts thereto. In the case of the invention disclosed herein I provide a feature to the frame work of the piece of furniture which is to incorporate the wing design which permits of the use of an integral cover memher for the wings and the associated parts therewith, and actually provides a structural feature which yields a better and more lasting finish to the furniture. The aforesaid integral cover feature, together with the peculiar frame structure designed there for, eliminates the most delicate and complicated parts of the upholstering work from'the construction of. the wing types of furniture, and yields a neater and more substantially constructed product than is possibly attainable by the present day practice.

Other objects and advantages of the in-' vention will be gathered from the description following herein and considered inconnection with the accompanying drawin wherein the invention is shown embodie The terms employed herein. are used in the generic and descriptive sense to designate the element illustrated, and are therefore not primarily intended as terms of limltation.

In order to illustrate, my invention, I have shown an embodiment thereof in the accompa'nymg drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of a winged chair embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 represents a sectional view taken on line 22 on Fig. 1; i

Fig. 3 represents an enlargement of a ortion of the view shown in the prece 'ng figure;

Fig 4 represents a perspective view of the winged back of the chair ready to be assembled to the chair;

Fig, 5 represents a perspective view of irhe flame or the winged back shown in Fig. 6 represents a plan of the winged .back frame;

Fig. 7 represents a side elevation of the winged back frame; i

Fig. 8 represents a side elevation of the frame work of the chair shown in Fig. 1, showing the relative setting of the winged back frame member with the chair base frame;

v Fig. 9 represents a sectional view taken on line 9-9 on Fig. 4;

Fig. 10 represents a back view of the chair showing the relative setting of the winged back with the chair base;

Fig, 11 represents a fragmentary, side, elevational view of the winged chair back shown in Fig, 4:; g

Fig. 12 represents a sectional view taken on line 1212 on' Fig. 4;

Fig. 13 represents a perspective view of receiving the back member 22, as may be understood from the drawings.

lhe back section 22 is made over the-back frame member 24: which is designed with L the wing supports having the cover openin 26 cut therein, as shown in Figs. 5, 7 an 8; said wing supports being adapt ed to rest on the arm sections of the chair base 21, as Figs. 1 and 8 indicate, when the back section 22 is assembled to said chair base. Said back frame member is provided with the bottom extension section 27 which provides for the elongated back section 22 extending below the wings of the chalr and fitting between the arms 28 thereof, as Flg. 1 shows.

30 (Figs. 9 and 10) represents metallic bars which set with the back frame member 24% and support the coiled springs 31 thereon. 32 represents a burla cover which is attached around the frame member 24: and covers said springs 31. 33 represents a layer of padding (as cotton, hair, floss, or any other suitable material), which is laid over the burlap cover 31. 33 represents the wing padding which is suitably applied to the wing supports 25 on the inside and around the edge thereof to assume any desired shape of cross-section.

The back section over, which is shown in Figs. 13 and 14, and which is used to cover the back section 22 of the chair, is composed of the back portion 35 which may be made of any suitable finishing or upholstering ma terial (as leather, tapestry, velour, et cetera) and of suitable dimensions to cover the back section 22 between the wings 22* thereof and to project at the top and bottom to provide for covering the top of the back section and for tacking purposes, as Fig. 9 shows, and for covering the back extension 22", as may be understood. 36 represents the wing pockets of said back section cover. Said pockets are shaped to fit over the padded wing supports, as Figs. 2 and 3 show, with the inside wing pocket edges 37 stitched to the side edges 38 of the back portion 35 (Fig. 14). 38 represents tabs or anchor members of a relatively strong material (as for example, denim or canvas), which members are secured to the junctions 39 of said wing pockets with said back portion 35, as Figs. 13 and It show. 40 represents an extension piece which is preferably made of denim or some such material, and stitched to the cover extension 35 to provide anchoring means for the lower section of the back portion 35. Said back ortion 35 is thus supplied with wing pockets 36 which are thus integral therewith and permit the back portion 35 to he slipped on and fitted over the padded back section 22 of the chair and secured thereto in the following manner:

The anchor tabs 38 are drawn through the frame or wing openings 26 and the pockets 36 are fitted over the added wings. Said tabs 38 are pulled through said wing openings 26 to provide for the desired corner effeet, between the wings and the back of the lit folded in and tacked to the wing supports,

as Fig. 12 shows. The side pieces are also tacked down, as by the tacks 46 (Fig. 11), to the sides of the frame 24.

I The cover so secured to the back section 22 entirely covers and finishes 0d the same in the simplest and neatest manner and prepares the back section 22 for assembly to the chair base.

Said chair base is first upholstered in the usual manner and the back section 22 is fitted to the back thereof; the wing supports may set over dowels provided therefor in the base frame 23, as may be understood, and the frame 24 may be nailed or screwed at the sides thereof and through the back of said back section 22 (which is open to allow for same) as by means of the anchor nails d7 (Fig. 10). The apron 4:0 is then drawn down and tacked to the back of the chair frame 23. With the back section22 thus assembled and secured in position with the chair base, the cover 48 is tacked on to the back of the back section 22 and the back of the chair base 21, and the upholstering work of the chair is completed.

Havin thus described my invention in detail, it will be noted that the same provides a simple and effective method and means for Producing winged backs ,or parts of upholstered furniture This construction does away with the usual piecing and fitting of the separate parts forming the components of a winged structure and obviously provides for a great saving in labor and material. In addition, the integral feature of the cover member 35 provides for a closed corner feature between the wings and the back which obviously prevents the filler or padding from working out or from cheapening the appearance of the u bolstering work on the chair; it being note in that regard, that by means of the anchoring tabs 38 the depth and shape of said corner may be made to suit requirements and may be retained without danger ofibecoming distorted. @rdinarily, that work of shaping the wings and the back to form the corners therebetween is necessarily a complicated operation, because said operation requires finishing oh the wings and the back separately, and consequently takes time and involves a high degree of skill as well as extra material and labor.

It is believed that the foregoing description fully sets forth the method and means for shooting the results sought to be carried out by the purposes of my invention.

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aaoaaaa While the preferred embodiment of my invention has been described in detail, 1 do not wish to be limited to the particular construction set forth, since various changes in the form, material, arrangement of parts, and in the details of construction, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or destroying any of the advantages contained therein, heretofore described, and defined in the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention in detail, what I claim as new is:

1. A frame structure, having wing members provided with openings therein, and a cover member for said frame structure provided with win pockets therein for fitting said wing mem ers, said cover member being further provided with anchoring tabs at the juncture of said wing pockets therewith which are adapted to be drawn through the openings of said wing members for anchoring purposes.

2. A winged frame structure having covering tab receiving openings provided therein and adapted to be padded and built up to shape, and an integral cover member provided'with wing pockets and anchoring tabs at the sides thereof ;-said pockets being adapted to fit over the wings of said structure and said anchoring tabs being adapted to enter said tab receiving openings for se curement thereof to said structure to yield the desired corner efieet to said cover mem- 3. A frame member, having wing sup ports and tab openings at the juncture of said win supports with said frame member; padding means supplied to said frame member for shaping purposes; and an integral cover member adapted to cover said padded frame member and provided with pockets for fitting said wing supports thereof, and anchoring tabs provided at the juncture of said pockets with said cover member adapted to engage said tab openings of the frame member for anchoring said tabs therewith to form the desired corner efi'ect in said cover member at the winged sections thereof.

4. A winged back for upholstered furniture, comprisin a winged frame member having cover ta apertures provided therein; padding and shapin elements fitted to said frame member; and an integral front cover member having wing pockets at the sides thereof adapted to cover the front of said frame member and to include the wings and padded elements of said back thereunder and further provided with anchoring tabs at the sides of said cover which are adapted to engage the tab apertures of said frame member for anchoring said tabs to the frame to provide the desired depth of corner creases to said back at the winged sections thereof.

5. An upholstered winged-back for upholstered furniture, comprising a skeleton frame member adapted to be secured to a chair base and provided with wing sup orts having cover tab apertures provided t erein; padding and shaping means secured to said frame member; and an integral cover member provided with pockets at the sides thereof and anchoring tabs at the juncture of said pockets with said cover member, said cover member being adapted to fit over said padding and shaping means to include the latter; and the wings therein and to be secured to said frame member, and said tabs being adapted to engage said tab apertures of said frame member to allow for the drawing in and anchoring of the corner creases of said cover member to yield the desired corner effects between the back and the winged sections thereof.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature, this nineteenth day of July, 1922.

DAVID POPKIN. 

